Cathedral celebrates winning the team championship during the 76th annual IHSAA Wrestling State Finals inside Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Saturday, February 22, 2014, in Indianapolis.

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Steve B. Brooks
Star correspondent

Wesley Bernard, Cathedral's 285-pound wrestler, watched two of his teammates drop gut-wrenching overtime decisions in the finals of the state meet at Bankers Life Fieldhouse Saturday night. The senior was determined to not find himself in a similar setting.

In his title bout, Bernard took Ben Davis' Norman Oglesby to his back 90 seconds into the first period, built a 5-0 lead and held on to win 5-2, capping a 49-0 season for Bernard and cementing the Irish's first team wrestling title in school history.

Cathedral's Vinny Corsaro (160 pounds) and Blake Rypel (182) both had lost in the finals, ...